Trading Systems Engineer
$190,000–$235,000 year
On-site · Chicago, Illinois, United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Trading Systems Engineer with 7–10+ years in Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure; serves as US-based SME for GCP/GKE workloads, driving Terraform-based infrastructure, IaC, and cross-region architecture while bridging on-prem and cloud. Collaborates on global platform standards, improves monitoring/alerting, and provides senior escalation on complex Linux/Kubernetes/Cloud issues. Leads regional technical direction, participates in on-call incident resolution, and applies AI-assisted tooling to accelerate analysis, troubleshooting, and automation. Strong scripting (Python/Bash), Kafka or similar streaming tech, configuration management (Puppet/Ansible, Foreman/Satellite), and CI/CD practices; experience with modern observability tooling (Prometheus/Grafana). Salary base range disclosed with discretionary variable remuneration; NYC transparency compliance noted.
Required Qualifications
- 7–10+ years operating complex production environments spanning Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.
- Deep Cloud experience, preferably within GKE or an equivalent stack (cluster ops, workload orchestration, networking, security, observability).
- Strong Terraform expertise for provisioning and managing secure, scalable infrastructure.
- Solid Linux fundamentals — performance tuning, debugging, networking, virtualization, and bare-metal experience.
- Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash for automation, tooling, and operational workflows.
- Experience with Kafka or similar streaming/data-pipeline technologies.
- Knowledge of Puppet/Ansible for configuration management and Foreman/Satellite for lifecycle and host management.
- Practical understanding of monitoring/observability (Prometheus/Grafana or similar) and modern alerting strategies.
- Strong Git-centric workflows and comfort with modern CI/CD practices.
- Ability to lead and influence technical direction at a regional level while collaborating effectively with global colleagues.
- An entrepreneurial mindset — proactively identifying gaps, reducing toil, and driving self-directed engineering improvements.
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